Hi, this is Paul…
This is how I begin most of my Youtube videos. I’ve been making videos for over three years now and for the most part it’s been a joy. It’s probably because I’ve made my videos that you’re reading this at all. Yes, a few of you knew me before, but social media is a platform of multiplication.
You are maybe used to my bearded face and my big voice but me in print is a bit different. My videos are all rough drafts. They are not product. They are at attempt at distributed cognition, to think together with you as I think aloud. I’ve used a Wordpress blog for years in a similar way but for some reason Youtube does that better. More of you listen to me, speak back to me, think with me, and it’s been glorious.
Now, perhaps, it’s time to take another step. To write.
Writing is different than thinking in my free-flow video-making way. It affords a different audience. It creates a different voice. More efficient, fewer pauses. Some of you will read and not listen because you are a reader. So these (if I can find a way to enfold this into my process) will be for you. The videos will continue. I need them for me. They have always been for me. This might be something more.
Thank you for your time and attention.
(I stole that from my friend John Vervaeke. Courtesy replicated is courtesy multiplied.)